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Score: No. 19 William Smith 8, No. 18 Wesleyan 1Records: Wesleyan (4-1); William Smith (4-1)Location: Englewood, Fla. (Ann Dever Memorial Field)Date: Thursday, March 16Time: 11 a.m.The Lead: The 18th-ranked Wesleyan University women's lacrosse team lost its first game of the 2017 season Thursday, as it fell to No. 19 William Smith, 8-1.

FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS:

The Cardinals jumped on the board first at the 18:13 mark as Abigail Horst '19 scored unassisted.

William Smith, however, responded with four unanswered goals to close out the half.

Alexandra Bird score two of her game-high four goals in the first.

The Herons led at halftime, 4-1.

SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS:

Bird scored twice, early in the second half, to give the Herons a 6-1 advantage. Her first goal of the half came off a free position shot at the 26:33 mark, while her other goal occurred with 22:21 to play and was unassisted.

The Herons tacked on two more scores at the 17:08 and 15:06 marks by Blizzer Gahagan and Allie Flaherty, respectively.

All eight of William Smith's goals were unassisted, as Bird led the way with four scores and Gahagan added two. Bird also had a game-high three draw controls alongside teammates Jackie Rogers and Laura Rollins.

Grace McCann '17 made seven saves in net for the Cardinals, while Sarah Honan made nine for the Herons.

UP NEXT:

Wesleyan is back in action Saturday, March 18 and will host the reigning national champions and No. 1 Middlebury College at 11 a.m. on Smith Field.